The Times Crossword Friday Masterclass: 12 July 2024
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I think for 12 down we need to take the word INDIGENCE and replace the letter D (first of deaths) with TELL (report as a verb). Great solve.
Exactly: I saw that, too, once Simon had done all the difficult bits. 😺
That's a ridiculous clue
Poverty=Indigence
Report=tell
First of death=d
So indigence but replace (cover) the d with tell gives intelligence
Nicely explained!
This was really brutal.. Thankfully it was the only word that fit
Indigence, Simon, a very Times cryptic word! (I suppose this counts as shouting at him?)
INDIGENCE Looks like Simon has never been in poverty
INTERNAL (where a laparascope goes) he hasn't suffered one of these procedures either!
lucky bugger
Have commented several times about the help contained in these videos but it bears saying again. What I find most useful, as I have now learned the basics, is the commentary and the explanation of your thought process. The particular deconstruction of the clue has helped enormously in avoiding the linear interpretation of the words and finding the crazy pathing route often needed to solve, impetigo being an excellent example here. 🙏
Simon’s end of the week cryptic crossword videos are a high point for me.
I imagine I was not the only woman watching this absolutely bemused you had to pause over whether an 'internal' is a kind of medical exam! Ask Mrs Simon, if you need more clarification...
As someone who has recently had a baby, I can confirm this is very much a thing…😂
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I know the term "house officer" but when Simon had so much trouble with it I started wondering if it's mainly American. I was reassured to see it in his Chambers.
Friday evening or Saturday morning, whenever this series gets another addition is always my favorite part of the week!
Don't mind the delay in the slightest - you putting out videos at all is a treat, and we're positively spoiled by the amount! Having to wait a bit once in a while is probably good for us 😅
I agree.
Well thank goodness. Universal balance is restored.
Thanks - I know it's the equivalent of spotting a naked single before you in your sudoku videos, but this beginner did get colander straight away.
Continous thank you Simon for going above and beyond to solve the masterclass for us!!!
Missed this yesterday so delighted to see it this morning.
Love these bonus videos! I was finally able to get 16 across on my own for the first time before Simon. Thank you for teaching me about this type of puzzle.
Thank you Simon - another great solve - I learn so much from your explanations of each clue - and no problem with it being a little later than usual 👍
I got MOURNED straight away the first time Simon looked at it, and the justification for LIMB the second time he looked at that clue. Couldn't spot anything else but I'm happy with that :)
Managed to solve but with a few “bung-ins” so thanks for helping me parse. Thought colander one of the best clues I’ve seen.
"tiffin" is a word still used in India today, meaning an individual packed lunch often delivered to office workers. Could be both food for one (person) and for one (o'clock)
Thanks Simon, these are an essential part of my crossword education.
Read widely to solve crosswords. As I studied the NHS clue, the words "Findlayson truss" swam up out of my subconscious.
Always helpful to have a bit of Kipling in your cryptic locker. (In this case 0:11 "The Bridge Builders")
My Saturday fix!
Scored a few points today ( as in got the answer before Simon).
In a hospital the intern is a house officer, and an "internal" is a short form for internal examination which can be done my a laparascope ( Lapar= abdomen, scope=see)
Fantastic. I love these even though I don't really get it very much! Thanks, Simon.
Internal - house officer is an intern, add A and L from the start of the words applying and laparoscope. A laparoscope is an instrument for facilitating an internal examination, or in medical slang, an internal. So if a house office applied a laparoscope to do this, they would be performing an internal.
Friday just wasn't the same without my dose of the cryptic! Really enjoyed it today as catch up.
Phew! Missed this yesterday - thanks for my Saturday lunchtime treat!
Thanks Simon. Good learning.
With 17D I could just hear Simon talking about how important it is to cut the clue in the right place 😂
I didn't see the tweet so was very concerned when my Friday treat was missing, very relieved to have a Saturday treat instead.
I paused the video at 2:13 and scanned the clues looking for a way in. I drew a complete blank at most of them, finding it hard to even work out which was the definition. Trussed, scalpel, and mourned were just about the only givens (would ur = you are have been allowed by the previous editor?) I did get indifference, which led to irresistible. Once I had the D, sped became available, which let to impetigo. Once I could see the clue for 15D, that was also a given, and it started to open up. The bottom half turned out to be much easier.
Intelligence was a nicely constructed clue - tell (report) inside indigence (poverty) after losing its D. The position of "covering" was a bit misleading though.
I liked co-lander. I'm surprised it took you so long to get that. You did your usual trick of failing to split "strain relationship", which my senses told me was a suspicious phrase asking to be split.
Once I got diligent I chuckled too. I had considered something like a word ending -sagy or -timy, but trussed put the kibosh on that. Dilly gent was much better.
I don't know why it took you so long to get limb. It's within the limits of "climbs" (extends upwards). The sides of a doorway "project"? The jamb is the side pillars of a doorway, the part the hinge is fixed to, and where the striking plate for the latch are fixed. It's almost the definition of something which does NOT project.
It was definitely tougher than most, but except right at the start I didn't have much trouble.
I don't know if it's something you're doing (or not doing), but I've not been notified about the last two crosswords. Are you perhaps forgetting to click a check box or something?
Always a joy to watch these crossword videos.
Ref the parsing of TRUSSED, I think it is to be read as 'with truss', a truss being a support (esp a medical one), rather than tied up - which is, of course, also a verbal meaning of truss.
Simon - “I really haven’t got a clue”.
Me - “Well, you do; you absolutely do in fact: you’ve just read it out”.
Ah finally. My Saturday can begin 😊
A brilliant video as always!
For 8 down, note that a laparoscope is used to view the insides of someone. The clue is an and lit.
It’s a semi and lit, “to do this” is not in the wordplay
@@Astervista Fair point. The rest of the clue is required to make sense of "to do this" but I agree it's not in the wordplay.
@richardfarrer5616 an intern is a Learner so intern a L ?? Does that help?
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R U makes me hopeful that "modern lingo" and traditional cryptics are destined to merge :)
5D was a massive troll, because TRUSTEE would have fit almost as well with the definition.
I got 2 answers before Simon, and finally starting to get how to split the clues. Previous crosswords may as well have been in Greek for all I could understand😅
That was a brutal puzzle - congratulations on sticking with it and getting the correct solve!
I would not have got anything on the clue without your prompting but maybe INTERNAL - INTERN + (A)pplying + (L)aproscope ??
35:05, 42:38. I think this setter had way too much fun coming up with puns to use in homophones...
12D. TELL (report) in INDIGENCE (poverty) minus D (first of deaths).
Laparoscopy is keyhole surgery of the abdomen which I would think of as an internal procedure, so would that be an &lit?
Simon, the black squares in the puzzle are extremely 4-fold symmetrical about the central black square. Is this indicative of anything, or just clever-cloggsery?
I was thinking that the the video didn't show up because Simon couldn't finish the puzzle - a bit mean of me, but possible. It did take me 69 minutes, but I parsed every clue, because with this kind of puzzle you really have to in order to be sure your solution is correct.
I'm puzzled by the common idea that UR meaning "you are" is from texting. It's just an ancient pun. In particular, long before anybody had a mobile phone or other texting gizmo, there were cheesy birthday cards, for 18 and 21 especially, showing number plates like UR 18 or UR 21.
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That colander clue is fierce. edit - I'm not clever, so I'll ask before it's answered; 5 down is trustee? Support = Truss (part) support = tee.
I haven't seen the solve yet, but I am guessing TRUSSED (sounds like trust, which is what NHS areas are)
(c)limb(s)?
That's my take, as well
Yes.. I thought this was obvious, since it was one of the few i got right away and simon saying JAMB and then not being able to justify LIMB for so long just made me doubt myself!
Thaks Simon! That was a corker!
Unless I missed it, Simon didn't fully explain '"food for one?" in 13ac, which I think means food taken at lunchtime, as the definition suggested
Tiffin is a posh word and posh people refer to themselves as "one". The compiler is signalling you to look for a posh word for food.
You were sadly missed on Friday!
climbs limited?
Kind comment
12D - Intel + Gen in Lice?
Indigence, lose d, add tell
Late
I was so worried about🥰but Im happy now, it threw off my whole Friday🤓